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Middle name for Hero

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BoldandBright · 15/02/2023 12:40

Expecting a baby girl and we’ve decided on first name Hero. Our other children have unusual but not unheard of names with more traditional middle names but struggling to find a name that flows nicely with Hero. Our first mn pick was Emilia but gone off it a little now, any suggestions?
Our last name is rare but not ‘weird’ or able to be turned into a joke, and begins with an S.
thanks 😊

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Wisenotboring · 15/02/2023 14:39

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Venetia
Verity
Beatrice
Elspeth
Cristabel

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BoldandBright · 15/02/2023 14:36

bakewellbride · 15/02/2023 14:33

What a name to live up to. If they are shy and quiet it's going to be tough. I could never saddle a child with a name like that, what if they get bullied?

Any child with any name can be bullied. My brother was bullied in school and his name was George!

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Callingtosummer · 15/02/2023 14:35

WednesdaysPlaits · 15/02/2023 14:17

It isn't unique. There are loads of boys named Hiro in Japan.

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That’s Japan, in the U.K. it isn’t very common

Snoopystick · 15/02/2023 14:34

Hero Genevieve sounds lovely.

I do think you’ll get some people singing that Bonnie Tyler song though.

Mamoun · 15/02/2023 14:33

Please don't call you child Hero. Think about her. Literally she will only be able to get away with it if she is absolutely stunning. Hope you have strong genetics.

jellybe · 15/02/2023 14:33

I really love Hero almost called my daughter it (I love much ado about nothing)

Hero Elizabeth would be lovely

bakewellbride · 15/02/2023 14:33

What a name to live up to. If they are shy and quiet it's going to be tough. I could never saddle a child with a name like that, what if they get bullied?

TangoBrava · 15/02/2023 14:33

StarbucksSmarterSister · 15/02/2023 14:25

OP, it's a lovely name.

This thread makes it obvious schools need to teach more Shakespeare and the classics though. 😂

Absolutely 😆

VeryQuaintIrene · 15/02/2023 14:33

I think you shouldn't have any name beginning with a vowel after Hero, because it's going to sound ugly (IMO). Hero Helena is kind of wonderful and "HH" is a great nickname. (But I do think Hero in Much Ado was a total drip, so less inspiring than some other choices anyway.)

mathanxiety · 15/02/2023 14:30

Hero Arabella
Hero Francesca
Hero Beatrix
Hero Eloise
Hero Celestina
Hero Estelle
Hero Penelope
Hero Angharad
Hero Emmeline
Hero Xanthe

StarbucksSmarterSister · 15/02/2023 14:29

I appreciate the greek goddess

The goddess is HerA, HerO is a totally different person.

WinterFoxes · 15/02/2023 14:28

Hero is fine as a name. Ignore PPs. I'd go with a longer second name:

Alexandra
Imogen
Susannah
Elizabeth

StarbucksSmarterSister · 15/02/2023 14:27

its still more commonly known as being a Japanese boys name

That's a totally different name which English people just happen to pronounce the same way.

Hobbesmanc · 15/02/2023 14:26

Love the nod to Shakespeare. Ignore the misery guts.

I like the sound of Hero Verity. Or Hero Maeve.

fairypeasant · 15/02/2023 14:25

Hero is a fabulous name.

Hero Judith
Hero Louise
Hero Bethan
Hero Emily

There are loads!

lin07 · 15/02/2023 14:25

Hero Magdalena
Hero Katharina

StarbucksSmarterSister · 15/02/2023 14:25

OP, it's a lovely name.

This thread makes it obvious schools need to teach more Shakespeare and the classics though. 😂

countrypunk · 15/02/2023 14:23

@WednesdaysPlaits No it isn't, because she hasn't invented her own girls' name based on a classic boys' name by changing the spelling. Hero is a girls' name that dates back to Ancient Greece.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero(givenn_name)?wprov=sfti1

GettingItOutThere · 15/02/2023 14:22

kids get bullied at school for no reason - THIS name is ahuge reason to be picked on - poor kid

especially for a girl

WednesdaysPlaits · 15/02/2023 14:21

StarbucksSmarterSister · 15/02/2023 14:19

Hero for a girl is rubbish.

Look up the myth about Hero and Leander. It's a Greek girl's name!

I appreciate the greek goddess but its still more commonly known as being a Japanese boys name

HairyToity · 15/02/2023 14:20

I love Hero. I'd have Frances as a middle name.

TangoBrava · 15/02/2023 14:20

I love the name. I have known two in my life; and they are both amazing, strong, successful and lovely women and have said they have not had any nasty comments about their names and are individually pleased they were called such an unusual and interesting name.

I think it's says more about those that comment tbh. A lack of manners to say the least. If there ever are kids that tease, I guess they'd have a parent like the posters above 🤷🏻‍♀️ And the answer is just the same... ignore them.

Classic names that go well as a middle name:

Viola/Violet
Sophie/Sophia
Catherine
Louisa
Eleanor

StarbucksSmarterSister · 15/02/2023 14:19

Hero for a girl is rubbish.

Look up the myth about Hero and Leander. It's a Greek girl's name!

WednesdaysPlaits · 15/02/2023 14:19

countrypunk · 15/02/2023 14:17

@WednesdaysPlaits Yes, and luckily that's not what the OP is calling her daughter.

🙄

But it is, she's just tweaking the spelling.

Its like saying "My daughter isn't called Albert, she's called Albertt". It's still pronounced Albert.

PacificCoastHighway · 15/02/2023 14:18

Hero is a gorgeous, classic Greek and Shakespearean girls' name.

A mono syllabic middle name e.g. Claire, Jane, Faith, Grace, Hope, Kate, Rose would sound nice. Other ideas:

Hero Clara
Hero Emilia
Hero Florence

Congratulations!